[Adaptation of the immune system as a response to pregnancy].

Introduction: Pregnancy is an intriguing immunologic phenomenon. In spite of genetic differences, maternal and fetal cells are in close contact over the whole course of pregnancy with no evidence of either humoral and/or cellular immunologic response of mother to fetus as an allotransplant. The general opinion is that the fundamental protective mechanism must be located locally at the contact-plate, between the maternal and fetal tissues.

[Induction of labor using endocervical administration of dinoprost in post-term pregnancy].

The authors analyzed results of 295 labors induced with endocervical application of dinoprostin (152 term- and 143 postterm labors) in relation to 242 (125 term- and 117 postterm-) spontaneous labors. Delayed labor increases the occurrence of meconial amniotic fluid (21.96%:9.